Goal-focused interviewing

Author(s)

• Maple, Frank F.

Bibliographic Information

Goal-focused interviewing

Frank F. Maple

（Sage human services guides, v. 73）

, c1998

• pbk.

Note

Bibliography: p. 139

Includes index

Contents of Works

• Introduction
• Learning goal-focused interviewing
• Goal-focused interviewing with an individual client
• Goal-focused interviewing with groups
• Goal focused interviewing with families
• Organizing information
• The silent interview
• Other uses of goal focused interviewing
• When a client and a helper cannot transform a problem into a goal statement
• A few closing thoughts

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In Goal Focused Interviewing, Frank F. Maple presents his straightforward model for categorizing information elicited from clients. Building on his previous book, Dynamic Interviewing, the author takes readers beyond the therapeutic models presented in the past. This work reflects the movement in social work toward solution-focused therapy, or brief therapy. He has adapted this model for social work practice with individuals, families, and groups. This book is written in an engaging, interactive style, giving readers the opportunity to determine applicable interventions at key points in the realistic helping sessions presented. The author emphasizes techniques for focusing on competenciesuas opposed to deficitsuof help seekers and helpers. The choices of interventions provided show how constructive moves can positively influence outcomes. An appendix to the book includes additional cases in script form that allow the reader to help during significant points of each interview. In turn, the author has provided feedback in response to various intervention choices the readers make.

Table of Contents

Introduction Learning Goal Focused Interviewing Goal Focused Interviewing with an Individual Client Using Goal Focused Interviewing with Groups Goal Focused Interviewing with Families Organizing Information The Silent Interview Other Uses of Goal Focused Interviewing When a Client and a Helper Cannot Transform a Problem into a Goal Statement A Few Closing Thoughts

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Details

• NCID: BA51344339
• ISBN:
  • 0761901809
  • 0761901817
• LCCN: 97021126
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Thousand Oaks
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 143 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HV43
  • DC21 : 361.3/22
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Social case work
  • LCSH : Interviewing
  • LCSH : Solution-focused therapy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA01017385